Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Software Engineering Foundations -- Introduction to Software Engineering -- Generic Software Development Framework -- The Software Architecture -- Coping with Project Complexity -- Integrated Product and Process Development -- Section 2. Specifying Software Requirements -- Understanding Software Requirements -- Software Requirements Analysis -- Managing Requirements -- Section 3. Developing the Functional Architecture -- Formulating the Functional Architecture -- Functional Analysis and Allocation Tasks -- Section 4. Developing the Physical Architecture -- Configuring the Physical Architecture -- Application Design Synthesis -- Section 5. Software Architectural Design Decisions -- Evaluating Architectural Alternatives -- Software Analysis Tasks -- Section 6. Managing the Software Architecture -- Software Control Tasks -- Software Verification and Validation Tasks -- Section 7. Software Integrated Product and Process Development -- Software Requirements Definition -- Preliminary Architecture Definition -- Detailed Architecture Definition -- Software Implementation.